just came back from a clinic he put on , the man is a freak he is that good......this stuff in candy assed shit when compared to what the guy is capable of , such stick control , soper duper fast on the base drum and can pla a one handed roll with the best , jo jo , you ere freaking awesome
@Sharpsthedrummer And yet again, I was misunderstood... : / Jojo is my favorite contemporary drummer. He is phenomenal, but videos with terrible framerate may give you the wrong impression of what you're looking at. Its more like a cartoon than it is a drummer. I hope it became clear now.
Guys, before passing judgement on a drummer, please get to see him demonstrating his powers on a better frame rate video than this one. This is so bad even Travis Barker could pass as a great drummer... It generates false impressions. Jojo is fantastic, but this clip makes him look "inhuman" instead, which he isn't, of course.
Better then Buddy Rich. Not because this show solo, but what he plays. Im not disrespect Buddy but to be honest, for me, hes solos are almost the same . trrrrrrrrr on snare, speeding up...aaand.....ta pam ta pam tu du du du du pam pam pam.
@logilogilogi@logilogilogi Buddy is always the drum parameter by which every technical drummer is judged... Not Jojo. You people are always comparing anything to Buddy desperately trying to knock him off from his timeless position as the "world's greatest drummer". Buddy's solo was NOT always the same. You need to have had a wider experience with his immense scope as a drummer. He was mostly flashy because thats what people mostly wanted to see from him within a couple of minutes on television.
@cadaverr I respect Buddy as i say, He had insane stamina and speed in single stroke roll, he is the best in this way for sure but, music that he create for my ears ar not special, cause i dont like it. And thats my humble opinion and you do not have agree with that. I must say that i had my own thinking, not what colective mind/counsiness say. Peace man. And btw i hear every solo (on youtube) and for me its very similar. Espetiatly i dont like hes performance on foot.
@Chally70 There was definitely originality in this, but yes, you can sense his influences (Vinnie, big time, amomg others). Hey, we all take what we learn from our predecesors and make it our own, and he does have a style of his own, most definitely.
im glad that drummers still evolve over the years like jojo... i mean right here he does the buddy stick tricks and play some crazy vinnie fills,and now hes really killin it with his technique and sets his drums up differently etc. some drummers just have enough groove or chops that they can just always keep up with what they got, then theres guys like Jojo that constantly evolve and get better, even when better doesnt seem to be possible! :) kids should dig jojo instead of speed demons! GROW!
he plays so much different then back then.. as he gets older, he's playing is more mature and more refined.. just like Dave weckl, vinnie calouita etc..
hey GREAT Technique and I know the time it takes to get that ability thats why I made my 2 PART VIDEO 4 DRM R'S called
"MARK WHITE Steve White DRUMBEATSTROKE"
STROKE is the NO.1 INCAPACITATOR in the west and thats how I was PARALYSED and I still play with just !H&!Fonly PLS spread the link to my video with ALL DRM R'S[& ask them to share it aswell]
pls dont worry Iearn NO money from this video
I am just try to be a decent human THANKYOU VERY MUCH
If u notice most good drummers have nice sets i have a really sucky kit :( and ive palyed for years and when i play on a really nice kit im that much better:/
@equinox0908 Purdie is one of the most recorded drummers in the world. He's played with the greatest. The man IS groove. The man has more feel in his little finger than most drummers have in their entire bodies! What's not to like?
You've obviously no idea what you're talking about :)
Great sounding drums (great ear for tuning) and a perfect lead in snare roll, but tricks are for kids. I met Buddy Rich twice and told him to stop playing his sticks. I told him his drums were crying out to him, "Quit trying to hit me and hit me!" Jo Jo is great. I'm just kidding. You guys are so protective of him like he's a God or something. He is simply one more GREAT drummer
@eqsmooth Your quite wrong. To be a truly great drummer that people want to not only listen to but watch, you also have to be a good showman. It doesn't really matter if you're throwing your stick up into the air during a quarter note rest and continuing the beat or doing a spider with your right hand while playing linear 32nd notes with your left hand and right foot, you're gonna impress somebody. Therefore, tricks are useful in drumming.
I've never been a big fan of drum solos, there's usually no groove or driving rhythm involved which is what drumming is all about. No disrespect to Jo Jo though, he is awesome :)
thats some drummer there sir!!lol but in all fairness if i could make money from doing what he does and if i was even able to do half the shit he is id make money from it too but obviously in order to do that you need to put on a good show and that means you need to learn some pointless tricks.fair fucks
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Never cared for jo jo. Like Jonathan Mover, he plays with his hair in the mirror too much. Friggin' annoying. PLAY THE DRUMS! NOT THE STICKS. Buddy Rich started that bullshit 50 years ago and it is simply annoying. You would never see Simon Phillips doing that. Tommy Aldridge still twirls his sticks. I saw him in clinic in 1991 and he got booed for it. I got booed for it in 1987. That was embarrasing. It is so 80's. Stop twirling and showing off and play the damn drums.
He plays with his hair too much? Thats a stupid comment. One solo he does stick tricks in and you bash it. Have you watched his other solos? All great drummers do showmanship solos. John Blackwell is another phenomenal drummer who does the stick twirls. Watch Jojo's other solos instead of bashing the he used stick twirling in.
Not stupid comment. Every video I've ever seen he is doing this stupid shit w/his sticks which is hardly original. DRUM, BABY DRUM. Hit the drums. Music is subjective. I appreciate his enormous "skills" or speed but he is a noisy show off. Good on him but I'd rather listen to 100 drummers who play songs. He is a noisy drummer. he is no Dennis Chambers, Cobham or Phillips. It is about being pleasing to the ear for each individual. Go ahead, trip on Mayer, I'll listen to Roach & Tony Williams
Of course he's got more skills than me.I'm watching youtube while he's practicing. He totally has skills. I'm not hating I just don't care for the show boat crap. He's a great drummer and Buddy Rich is likely the greatest if one can be the greatest. Unlike you I've met Buddy Rich and many of the great drummers of our time. Itold Buddy Rich to his face to get some humility and stop yelling at his band etc... Unlike you I don't lecture people through a computer. Tacky? Fuck you.
You need some humility. Jojo is AGAINST stick trick and being a showboat. He learned that stuff in the 1980s when he was in his 20s and was impressionable. Jojo has been MUSIC FIRST since the early 90s ; respect that.
We all could use humility, but it comes from experience not from a personal lecture. That said I should have known that about Jo Jo Mayer. I've taken a long break from drumming and have just recently been active in getting to know the "new" drummers. I got booed once for twirling at a concert in Wyoming. Fairly large crowd and I was a guest performer. I saw Tommy Aldridge get booed for twirling during a clinic. There was a thing against it after the hair bands died out. Why so serious? So Bored?
I mean newer than some of the greatest like Buddy Rich, Tony Williams who are his influences. He's only 47. I put "new" in quotes. WTF? Does anybody read?
I don't know who was paying him since he didn't record until the 90's
Thomas Lang does this same stuff and a bunch of others. I don't see or hear Tony Williams or Buddy Rich by the way.
Where are his less show boaty videos and why doesn't he play w/significant musicians?
How am I to determine what you meant by "new"? How do I know your age relative to what you consider "old" and New"? Are other people supposed to automatically know all of this, as you seem to know?
@eqsmooth who says someone has to play with other good "significant" musicians to be regarded highly in their own field? and all you have to do is look around a bit to find less "show boaty" vids, type in new york grooves jojo mayer
Search for Emily Remler - Tribute to Charley. That is Jojo drumming in his 20s, 1986. Emily Remler was a very well-known and respected jazz guitarist. You should know that though, knowing everything ;)
It's called stick tricks. It's not about the beats. It's about what else he can do with a stick. For example, im sure if you were there then he would tell you to bend over and he will show you what else he can do with them
These tricks are cool, but jojos real talent lies within the music. He is just unbelievable. I've seen him live twice... just too good for this world.
he ALWAYS had equipment failure! haha. The poor guy, his snares come off at 1:00, he has to put them back on. Its almost unnoticeable though, thats how fast he thinks on his feet
nope, not at the place I was talking about. They came off by themselves, and he had to break the phrasing that he was developing to put them back on. He uses the open snare at the start though, you're correct on that.
yeah, for some reason, jojo always has his equipment fail on him. I can think of like three solos that he had to constantly mess around, on one his drums were sliding around, the other, high hat kept slipping up, etc. And he still manages to play a coherent, interesting, and difficult solo around it :)
How is THAT legal?
DoubleDz2k11 1 month ago
Talent, style, WICKED man, I practice stuff like that with sticks but after five minutes people wanna kill me
Joeheston 2 months ago
im convinced hes an alien sent here to keep our egos in check
drummer9042 3 months ago
just came back from a clinic he put on , the man is a freak he is that good......this stuff in candy assed shit when compared to what the guy is capable of , such stick control , soper duper fast on the base drum and can pla a one handed roll with the best , jo jo , you ere freaking awesome
SuperBanjaxed 4 months ago
What about an update of this Video (its a little bit old and the skills are much higher) ...hope to see you soon @vienna or ...hum @munich,
PlusOne3k 5 months ago
Why is it that every Amazing Video of an amazing drummer always results in Travis barker being in the comments?
We dont want your fucking travis barker comments here. That name shouldnt even be allow to exist in the presence of jojo mayer drumming.
Got a problem?
Go bitch over it.
southnich14 5 months ago
No he's not a nice drummer, he's the worlds best drummer!!!! Intact I think I would call the "drum"! Because he is the drum himself!!!
buuum98 6 months ago
lol, he turned the snare on with his foot
DoubleEdgedSword12 6 months ago
probably one of the most show off solos ive ever seen.
butterdrums 6 months ago
yea hes better then bonham
pesci12345 7 months ago
He's great but not no John Bonham.
xXaggiesXx23 7 months ago
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Mikeycianciorocks 7 months ago
Jo Jo Mayer is the best drummer ever!!!!!
MJFAN2220 7 months ago 2
Did he just loosen the snare with his foot?
AlexKalicinski 8 months ago
oh no... it keeps getting stuck at 1:21 my life will never be complete
kendalfrazier 8 months ago
SDGLJBBALSDHJGAA4LBGJRTALHRUGH
sorry, just wiping the jizz off my keyboard
jturn784 8 months ago
suck on that people who think niel peart is THE GREATEST DRUMMER EVAR OMG FUCK
Yojimbo742 8 months ago
The Devil rated this down 21 times ... .... you cant judge him for disliking god
Audi0Phil 8 months ago
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Audi0Phil 8 months ago
What's funny is how much better Jojo Mayer is NOW. He constantly outdoes HIMSELF.
MarsHolst20 8 months ago
Travis who?
ZackLikesCheese 8 months ago
i had to wear protection listening to this song.
mitchn8r 8 months ago
The foot cam is so bad ass.
bootysurgeon 9 months ago
The foot cam is so bad ass.
bootysurgeon 9 months ago
am i the only one who finds the description wrong??????
stkyriakoulisdr 9 months ago
о_О Wow!
papail73 10 months ago
just amazing.
bigdan6ft5 10 months ago
this is high speed camera
ProudToBeBenfica 10 months ago
★Jojo Mayer's Nerve JAPAN TOUR 2011★
3/16＠横浜：THUMBSUP
3/17,18＠南青山：月見ル君想フ
3/19＠神戸：ウインターランド
3/20＠大阪：鰻谷sunsui
3/21＠静岡：BLUENOTE1988
dica1938 10 months ago
@Sharpsthedrummer And yet again, I was misunderstood... : / Jojo is my favorite contemporary drummer. He is phenomenal, but videos with terrible framerate may give you the wrong impression of what you're looking at. Its more like a cartoon than it is a drummer. I hope it became clear now.
cadaverr 11 months ago
thanks for ruining my new pants jojo
Sublemon7 11 months ago
Guys, before passing judgement on a drummer, please get to see him demonstrating his powers on a better frame rate video than this one. This is so bad even Travis Barker could pass as a great drummer... It generates false impressions. Jojo is fantastic, but this clip makes him look "inhuman" instead, which he isn't, of course.
cadaverr 11 months ago
yo! i love this dude!
DiaboliCkification 11 months ago
mad thing!
Bornastarcandy 11 months ago
very crazy..
escolhido101 11 months ago
Better then Buddy Rich. Not because this show solo, but what he plays. Im not disrespect Buddy but to be honest, for me, hes solos are almost the same . trrrrrrrrr on snare, speeding up...aaand.....ta pam ta pam tu du du du du pam pam pam.
logilogilogi 11 months ago
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cadaverr 11 months ago
@logilogilogi @logilogilogi Buddy is always the drum parameter by which every technical drummer is judged... Not Jojo. You people are always comparing anything to Buddy desperately trying to knock him off from his timeless position as the "world's greatest drummer". Buddy's solo was NOT always the same. You need to have had a wider experience with his immense scope as a drummer. He was mostly flashy because thats what people mostly wanted to see from him within a couple of minutes on television.
cadaverr 11 months ago
@cadaverr I respect Buddy as i say, He had insane stamina and speed in single stroke roll, he is the best in this way for sure but, music that he create for my ears ar not special, cause i dont like it. And thats my humble opinion and you do not have agree with that. I must say that i had my own thinking, not what colective mind/counsiness say. Peace man. And btw i hear every solo (on youtube) and for me its very similar. Espetiatly i dont like hes performance on foot.
logilogilogi 11 months ago
@Chally70 There was definitely originality in this, but yes, you can sense his influences (Vinnie, big time, amomg others). Hey, we all take what we learn from our predecesors and make it our own, and he does have a style of his own, most definitely.
PoeticJustice05 11 months ago
im glad that drummers still evolve over the years like jojo... i mean right here he does the buddy stick tricks and play some crazy vinnie fills,and now hes really killin it with his technique and sets his drums up differently etc. some drummers just have enough groove or chops that they can just always keep up with what they got, then theres guys like Jojo that constantly evolve and get better, even when better doesnt seem to be possible! :) kids should dig jojo instead of speed demons! GROW!
ocdrumboy1 1 year ago
@rubenskatefreaks im sure you can buddy
FUZZEYHIPPO 1 year ago
he plays so much different then back then.. as he gets older, he's playing is more mature and more refined.. just like Dave weckl, vinnie calouita etc..
upbeatmantis86 1 year ago
crazy is right.
drummingtothesky 1 year ago
@rubenskatefreaks Do it then
DruumStixx 1 year ago
Travis Barker is from Blink -182
jakoblfuller 1 year ago
@jakoblfuller That is a good joke. Thanks for the laughs.
Shabutie97 1 year ago
this is from jojo mayer modern drummer 98 i think.
drummerdom5150 1 year ago
hey this guy's pretty neat
herzogsbuick 1 year ago
@herzogsbuick pretty neat?? hes fuckin insane
paid2hump 1 year ago
TUMBS UP IF YOU SAW HIM HIT THE LAST CYMBAL WITH JUST HIS HAND!!! TALK ABOUT EPIC!!!
Rupert6500 1 year ago
The solo might not make sense becuz it's a short clip of the solo. Just think he is 2 x better than that now.
ediot6969 1 year ago
cymbal pwnage.
d1rNGrey 1 year ago
Did anyone else see him hit the cymbal with his hand at 1:56
cease1991 1 year ago
Hmmm.. Buddy Rich son ??
morbid616 1 year ago
solo makes no sense!! doesnt tell a story at all... great chops though
wesmachinegunfunk 1 year ago
just playin
shanegame87 1 year ago
terrible....
shanegame87 1 year ago
I don't give a fuck what anyone thinks, even back when this was made Jojo still impressed me more than Buddy. I know, I'm going to hell.
fallingfromjupiter 1 year ago
SO FUCKING GOOD!!!
Laxina10 1 year ago
wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww
parafuso12 1 year ago
man this guy is a monster
BESONE215 1 year ago
best drummer evaaar
BBQwatchman 1 year ago
i like watching him solo, but im always like way more interested in just watching him groove, cause he can groove like no other
ameliorate2695 1 year ago
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hey GREAT Technique and I know the time it takes to get that ability thats why I made my 2 PART VIDEO 4 DRM R'S called
"MARK WHITE Steve White DRUMBEATSTROKE"
STROKE is the NO.1 INCAPACITATOR in the west and thats how I was PARALYSED and I still play with just !H&!Fonly PLS spread the link to my video with ALL DRM R'S[& ask them to share it aswell]
pls dont worry Iearn NO money from this video
I am just try to be a decent human THANKYOU VERY MUCH
..mark white..
kynancecove 1 year ago
ALTER SCHWEDE _ WTF
cionk 1 year ago
i like the way he hit that cymbal at the end.
inpheKtid2DistorTion 1 year ago
@inpheKtid2DistorTion
Google Tommy Aldridge then :)
beerbu 1 year ago
That is the most haphazard way of playing the drums I have ever seen. Very cool though
Seek1Destroy1 1 year ago
Hey jojo !!!
Can u play ?
I mean... Like a normal person ???
Are you a fuckin Alien or sht ???
Maybe a drum god ??
please dont make us drool !!
hybridassassin1991 1 year ago
god
Myola92 1 year ago
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The full version of this is way beter.
45echo 1 year ago
The full version of this is way beter
45echo 1 year ago
WTF is doing? Tony Royster Jr. it's better
willdrummer33 1 year ago
@willdrummer33 o__o umm no thats all i have to say
Dirtbike778 1 year ago
@willdrummer33 Dude Tony is inspired by this guy!
In fact JoJo is one of Tony's mentors....show some respect man...plus this clip is from 1998
Moog167 1 year ago
If u notice most good drummers have nice sets i have a really sucky kit :( and ive palyed for years and when i play on a really nice kit im that much better:/
chevy985 1 year ago
@chevy985 It's not about the gear it's about the person who's playing it....Jojo and plenty of pros have said that
Carlos Santana has even said "A instrument is Souless until you play it"
Moog167 1 year ago
i didn't know marty friedman could play drums. damn. i was wrong lol
taterfamine 1 year ago
Personally I think it sounds rubbish.
Skilled, yes. But does it sound good? Nah. Check out Bernard Purdie ;-)
stroketheboat 1 year ago
@stroketheboat I checked your Pernard Burdie (lol). I can't believe I wasted 3mins of life
equinox0908 1 year ago
@equinox0908 Purdie is one of the most recorded drummers in the world. He's played with the greatest. The man IS groove. The man has more feel in his little finger than most drummers have in their entire bodies! What's not to like?
You've obviously no idea what you're talking about :)
stroketheboat 1 year ago
@stroketheboat This is JoJo from 1998
I don't agree this is rubbish though and I have A LOT of love for Purdie but JoJo now has calmed down and he grooves heavy....
Moog167 1 year ago
This dude will beat me in a drum-off using ONLY a pair of sticks!
phsgarcia 1 year ago
People think it's about luck. They better go home and practice themselves up.
mistahmaxi 1 year ago
WTF?! He's God, John Bonham must be amazed ;)
Juli9654 1 year ago
He like Thomas Lang of the 1990's.
Waste0paper 1 year ago
INCREDIBLE
ZackPomerleau 1 year ago
Dont do drugs!:D
TheVighvajk 1 year ago
ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCK!!!!!!!!
mrdukedjdabolo 1 year ago
lol the beginning
TheHuskyman41 1 year ago
Kinda encouraging at the same time discouraging. Makes me want to play drums.. but at the same time I'm like.. "How the fuck?"
C4rbonNeon 1 year ago
a-la-verga
kagaingas 1 year ago
kool
bahamiantube 1 year ago
your so great i cant even say anything else
zzzzzazo230 1 year ago
Lionel Hampton's old tricks.
jampoles 1 year ago
This is Passion !
This guy is amazing
1Drummer88 1 year ago
...looks as if Thomas Lang had copied Jo Jo Mayer, but I don't know who was first.
pt18088919 1 year ago
Great sounding drums (great ear for tuning) and a perfect lead in snare roll, but tricks are for kids. I met Buddy Rich twice and told him to stop playing his sticks. I told him his drums were crying out to him, "Quit trying to hit me and hit me!" Jo Jo is great. I'm just kidding. You guys are so protective of him like he's a God or something. He is simply one more GREAT drummer
eqsmooth 1 year ago
@eqsmooth Your quite wrong. To be a truly great drummer that people want to not only listen to but watch, you also have to be a good showman. It doesn't really matter if you're throwing your stick up into the air during a quarter note rest and continuing the beat or doing a spider with your right hand while playing linear 32nd notes with your left hand and right foot, you're gonna impress somebody. Therefore, tricks are useful in drumming.
XxStrongDrums1996xX 7 months ago
@XxStrongDrums1996xX But.... It has nothing (whatsoever) to do with drumming. Nonetheless, Jojo Mayer is amazing.
bomberbadj 7 months ago
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LedZeppelinDrummer1 1 year ago
@LedZeppelinDrummer1 um....what?
morkdrum 1 year ago
@LedZeppelinDrummer1 You know nothing about drums.
eddierulezz105 1 year ago
Jojo is one of my best drummer ever.
Check my new extreme sticks trick video on /watch?v=h8DaLX76LHA
geeanzalone 1 year ago
did jojo use sonar back in these days?
TheLiesette 1 year ago
man, i wanna learn the stick trick in the beginning just to show off to my friends, haha
gibson00000000000000 1 year ago
My favorite.
yyekcim 1 year ago
Haha, fucking awsome! :D
SuperYlle 1 year ago
he looks like a corpse, lol
zimPol06 1 year ago
@zimPol06 hahaha!! :D
Timmyboy1717 1 year ago
who's travis barker?
TedEdFred21 1 year ago 81
@TedEdFred21...
Who?
not even in the same league
picturmik 10 months ago 6
this man needs to be in a death metal band......NOW!
phlamboniousejones 1 year ago
This guy is amazing
Tomopontop 1 year ago
He a syncopath!
MrAtomicus 1 year ago
I've never been a big fan of drum solos, there's usually no groove or driving rhythm involved which is what drumming is all about. No disrespect to Jo Jo though, he is awesome :)
AdamW69612 1 year ago
im gonna blow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5theend1 1 year ago
the perfect tom sound!!!!
trecoolmania 1 year ago
Lol, notice the stick flying away at 1:57 and how he falcon punches his last cymbal.
molomono 1 year ago 2
It's alright. A little too much cymbal work
metalhead876543210 1 year ago
@metalhead876543210 I think he was just making a point
fengrr 1 year ago
@fengrr i see what ur saying. but too much cymbal will eventually bore an audience . this was a great solo though
metalhead876543210 1 year ago
so thats were jerome flood got the snare trick from
bigdude786 1 year ago
It should be illegal to play that well... :D
Amazing.
rowdyfish 1 year ago
my fav part is the shoes :) ha really really good
bolutra 1 year ago
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i didnt like it :(
shmishshmorsion 1 year ago
I will see him in Dortmund yeah :D
27.3 ;)
Nuadhu255 1 year ago
this guy is one of the best jazz drummers ive seen in a while
ih8japscraps 1 year ago
Speechless.
rushnerd 1 year ago
He is like a really bad ass chinese chef choppin up fish, but instead, on the drums tearin all kinds of shit up! Hell yeah.
MRzeppelin12 1 year ago 55
He's realy crazy man!)))
Hello13ween666 2 years ago
That was epic.
toolna 2 years ago
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well he's good at throwing the stick around?
flipskate999 2 years ago
@flipskate999 yep, thats def the only thing hes good at...
bigups43 2 years ago 2
not bad i spose....!!!
usermysp9 2 years ago
His 007 Spectre T-shirt is as awesome as his style and skills.
kotfather 2 years ago
its really fucking good drummer
ZSOMBORsomogyi 2 years ago
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
jingbangsho 2 years ago
Why is he doing that?
npassant 2 years ago
Unfortunately this is the edited version. About a year ago you could see this vid in its entirety and radical epicness.
chad31377 2 years ago
one of the most perfect moeller techniques in drumming
one of my favourite drummers along with greb and lang
dkane411 2 years ago 4
@dkane411 yeah i agreed lang benny greb and mayer are the new school, like colaiuta weckl and gadd in the 80's
EduardoMcGregor 2 years ago
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Dude it really does not have a beat lol it sucjks
FSXLOVER4 2 years ago
@FSXLOVER4 U have no idea -.-
Thomas141992 2 years ago
u may have 5 thumbs down but i agree with u :)... he might actually be good but here he's just showin off and there's no groove
jneal1221 2 years ago
fuck you jo jo you're too good
mikeportnoyfan 2 years ago 27
the only people who don't like show boating are the ones in the dingy :)
elasticwasteband 2 years ago
this guy is crazy!! that was so frikkin ace!
thechip1231 2 years ago
dude has kung fu grip
digitaldown 2 years ago
thats some drummer there sir!!lol but in all fairness if i could make money from doing what he does and if i was even able to do half the shit he is id make money from it too but obviously in order to do that you need to put on a good show and that means you need to learn some pointless tricks.fair fucks
jtfles 2 years ago
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Never cared for jo jo. Like Jonathan Mover, he plays with his hair in the mirror too much. Friggin' annoying. PLAY THE DRUMS! NOT THE STICKS. Buddy Rich started that bullshit 50 years ago and it is simply annoying. You would never see Simon Phillips doing that. Tommy Aldridge still twirls his sticks. I saw him in clinic in 1991 and he got booed for it. I got booed for it in 1987. That was embarrasing. It is so 80's. Stop twirling and showing off and play the damn drums.
eqsmooth 2 years ago
its just what you prefer man
dys4ikH2 2 years ago
He plays with his hair too much? Thats a stupid comment. One solo he does stick tricks in and you bash it. Have you watched his other solos? All great drummers do showmanship solos. John Blackwell is another phenomenal drummer who does the stick twirls. Watch Jojo's other solos instead of bashing the he used stick twirling in.
Backdrop2772 2 years ago
Not stupid comment. Every video I've ever seen he is doing this stupid shit w/his sticks which is hardly original. DRUM, BABY DRUM. Hit the drums. Music is subjective. I appreciate his enormous "skills" or speed but he is a noisy show off. Good on him but I'd rather listen to 100 drummers who play songs. He is a noisy drummer. he is no Dennis Chambers, Cobham or Phillips. It is about being pleasing to the ear for each individual. Go ahead, trip on Mayer, I'll listen to Roach & Tony Williams
eqsmooth 2 years ago
eqsmooth = hater. Dont hate on people that have more skills than you. It's kinda tacky...
cliquehop 2 years ago
Of course he's got more skills than me.I'm watching youtube while he's practicing. He totally has skills. I'm not hating I just don't care for the show boat crap. He's a great drummer and Buddy Rich is likely the greatest if one can be the greatest. Unlike you I've met Buddy Rich and many of the great drummers of our time. Itold Buddy Rich to his face to get some humility and stop yelling at his band etc... Unlike you I don't lecture people through a computer. Tacky? Fuck you.
eqsmooth 2 years ago
@eqsmooth
You need some humility. Jojo is AGAINST stick trick and being a showboat. He learned that stuff in the 1980s when he was in his 20s and was impressionable. Jojo has been MUSIC FIRST since the early 90s ; respect that.
PositivelyBored 2 years ago
We all could use humility, but it comes from experience not from a personal lecture. That said I should have known that about Jo Jo Mayer. I've taken a long break from drumming and have just recently been active in getting to know the "new" drummers. I got booed once for twirling at a concert in Wyoming. Fairly large crowd and I was a guest performer. I saw Tommy Aldridge get booed for twirling during a clinic. There was a thing against it after the hair bands died out. Why so serious? So Bored?
eqsmooth 2 years ago
@eqsmooth
New drummer? Jojo has been a professional since his teens in the 1970s.
PositivelyBored 2 years ago
@PositivelyBored
I mean newer than some of the greatest like Buddy Rich, Tony Williams who are his influences. He's only 47. I put "new" in quotes. WTF? Does anybody read?
I don't know who was paying him since he didn't record until the 90's
Thomas Lang does this same stuff and a bunch of others. I don't see or hear Tony Williams or Buddy Rich by the way.
Where are his less show boaty videos and why doesn't he play w/significant musicians?
eqsmooth 2 years ago
@eqsmooth
How am I to determine what you meant by "new"? How do I know your age relative to what you consider "old" and New"? Are other people supposed to automatically know all of this, as you seem to know?
PositivelyBored 2 years ago
Dude, I know everything and I can teach how to do the same.
eqsmooth 2 years ago
lets see you eqsmooth, you got me interested...
upload your videos
rudeboyread 2 years ago
@eqsmooth who says someone has to play with other good "significant" musicians to be regarded highly in their own field? and all you have to do is look around a bit to find less "show boaty" vids, type in new york grooves jojo mayer
PS9rugby 2 years ago
Search for Emily Remler - Tribute to Charley. That is Jojo drumming in his 20s, 1986. Emily Remler was a very well-known and respected jazz guitarist. You should know that though, knowing everything ;)
PositivelyBored 1 year ago
How much noise can you make? Strating from 1:18 till 2:01 :D
tbird792 2 years ago
Jojo has amazing feel.
Whats a good album by nerve?
ScreamxBloodyxGore 2 years ago
after seeing that i dont think i can ever play the drums again
DarkAngelMarine 2 years ago
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He's good but he's missing beats
Khaliqdialectic 2 years ago
It's called stick tricks. It's not about the beats. It's about what else he can do with a stick. For example, im sure if you were there then he would tell you to bend over and he will show you what else he can do with them
Numlocq 2 years ago
thats off beat u idiot.... in other words DRUM SOLOS
maxde19 2 years ago
Amazing..................
bcwdrums 2 years ago
These tricks are cool, but jojos real talent lies within the music. He is just unbelievable. I've seen him live twice... just too good for this world.
aledeville 2 years ago 3
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go watch zach hill. much better.
DPRKLiberator 2 years ago
no body is better than jojo!
jp60476 2 years ago 5
he ALWAYS had equipment failure! haha. The poor guy, his snares come off at 1:00, he has to put them back on. Its almost unnoticeable though, thats how fast he thinks on his feet
remedyz0802 2 years ago
he does that on purpose to make a diff. sound
Garsound 2 years ago
nope, not at the place I was talking about. They came off by themselves, and he had to break the phrasing that he was developing to put them back on. He uses the open snare at the start though, you're correct on that.
remedyz0802 2 years ago
oh how unlucky
Garsound 2 years ago
yeah, for some reason, jojo always has his equipment fail on him. I can think of like three solos that he had to constantly mess around, on one his drums were sliding around, the other, high hat kept slipping up, etc. And he still manages to play a coherent, interesting, and difficult solo around it :)
remedyz0802 2 years ago